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Fig. 21
Old flag and logo: They are, the black letters ACNO with
light blue shadow, a black world map with light blue
oceans and white continents and the Olympic rings in
white above. The flag was white with the colour logo
in the middle, introduced in1979, when ACNO was
founded (Fig. 22).
Fig. 22
ANOCA – Association of National
Olympic Committees from Africa
Sorry, no flag information available.
EOC – European Olympic Committees
Logo: on a blue background Europe and the Olympic
rings in white.
The flag is simple: the blue/white logo in the middle
on a white background. Fortunately introduced in 1959,
when EOC was founded (Fig. 23).
Fig. 23
OCA – Olympic Council of Asia
The OCA was founded in 1982, and introduced it flag at
the same time. The flag is white with the colour logo in the
middle. The logo depicts a red star, a light brown chain, the
text in blue and the Olympic rings in colour (Fig. 24).
Fig. 24
ONOC – Oceania National Olympic
Committees
The ONOC don’t have a flag in use.
PASO – Pan-American Sports
Association
The PASO logo includes a brown torch, the flame in red,
yellow and white; the rings in blue, red, white, green and
yellow. The flag is white, and has the colour logo in the
middle. The possible date of introduction is 1955, when
the organization was founded (Fig. 25).
Fig. 25
IVV – Internationale
Volkssportvereinigung
The International Federation of Popular Sports (IVV) is
the international body composed of national associations
of popular sports. Popular sports are walking, bicycling,
swimming, cross country skiing, skating, snow shoeing
etc. which are non-competitive and have no specified
time limits or „winners“.
The flag was introduced in 1995. It is the black IVV
logo on a red world, in black the signs for walking, swimming,
skiing and bicycling surrounded by the flags of
members countries. The background is white (Fig. 26).